INSIDE THE RIPPER FILE
Interviews, videos, appearances and stories from beyond the books.
There is more to The Ripper File than what happens between the covers.
Go behind Nick’s books through trailers, interviews, conversations, media appearances and events — with a little of his old journalistic life thrown in for good measure.
Currently in the file
Clearing the Table
The new Boxer Boys thriller.
Sly Dolan has spent years navigating the dangerous world of the Boxer Boys.
Then a £20 million kidnapping reveals a secret he could never have prepared for.
The hostage is his daughter.
And he never knew she existed.
Out 26 September 2026
In conversation
A journalist never completely stops asking questions.
Before Nick became the person being interviewed about books, he spent a career asking the questions himself.
The archive includes conversations with some of crime fiction’s biggest names.
Rachel Abbott
Nick spoke to bestselling psychological thriller writer Rachel Abbott about her books and extraordinary route to publishing success.
Peter James
Researching crime fiction has taken Peter James into some unusual situations.
Nick’s interview explored the lengths the bestselling crime writer has gone to in pursuit of authenticity — including being nailed inside a coffin and attending an autopsy.
For media & event organisers
Looking for a crime writer with a story to tell?
Nick combines two very different storytelling careers: decades in British newspapers and an expanding fictional world of gangland crime.
He is available for selected interviews, podcasts, panels, talks and book events.
Suggested conversation topics
From Fleet Street to fiction
The strange story of losing the News of the World
Creating the Boxer Boys
Writing British gangland crime
Building characters across more than fifty fictional years
Independent publishing and the changing world of books
The real and fictional worlds of 1970s Soho
Journalism, observation and writing believable characters
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